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UK Security Team to Hold Emergency Meeting on Russian Ex-Spy

by Associated Press

   LONDON --

   British government security ministers are holding an emergency meeting
   to discuss the investigation into the poisoning in England of a Russian
   who spied for Britain.
   The meeting Home Secretary Amber Rudd is leading on Saturday will cover
   the latest police and intelligence reports from Salisbury, where a
   military-supported investigation is underway.
   Police are looking for clues to the mysterious attack on former Russian
   military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.
   They were found unconscious on a bench near the River Avon in Salisbury
   on Sunday. They remain in critical condition in a local hospital,
   poisoned with what authorities say is a rare nerve agent
   Police are searching for clues at the gravesites of Skripal's wife and
   son, and at Skripal's house. A restaurant and pub have also been
   searched.